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Digital Illumination Contest
by John Walter 15 Dec '04

15 Dec '04

The recently established Institute for the Future of the Book (http://www.futureofthebook.org/) has announced the first of a series of competitions. Born Digital 1: Illumination "calls for a reinvention of the illuminated manuscript" which "exploits the unique possibilities of the digital medium while preserving the classic illuminative relationship between text and image." For more information, please see http://www.futureofthebook.org/borndigital/ John Waler walterj(a)slu.edu

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(sin asunto)
by Antoni Udina 11 Dec '04

11 Dec '04

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Thanks all
by Daniel O'Donnell 11 Dec '04

11 Dec '04

Thanks very much for prompt and helpful replies. I'm off skiing today, and so can't try the various suggestions out until this evening, but they look pretty right. They certainly diagnosed missing elements in my sheets. To sum up: The problem I was having involved additional material being put in my output (namespaces, extra lines of meta information) and the stripping out of the solidus in empty elements (e.g. <br> for expected <br/>). The solutions (I'm pretty sure they will work) involved 1) specifying xhtml or xml as my output, e.g. <xsl:output method="xml" encoding="UTF-8" doctype-public="-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" doctype-system="http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd" omit-xml-declaration="yes"/> 2) if necessary, using the <xsl:element> element instead of plain text for entering the xhtml tagging. Again, thanks. -dan -- Daniel Paul O'Donnell, PhD Associate Professor of English University of Lethbridge Lethbridge AB T1K 3M4 Tel. (403) 329-2377 Fax. (403) 382-7191 E-mail <daniel.odonnell(a)uleth.ca> Home Page <http://people.uleth.ca/~daniel.odonnell/> The Digital Medievalist Project: <http://www.digitalmedievalist.org/>

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TAN: XSLT Question
by Daniel O'Donnell 10 Dec '04

10 Dec '04

Hello all, I have an XSLT question: I want a stylesheet to reproduce the following html tags (i.e. this is what is in my sheet): <head profile="http://www.url.net"> <br/> <meta content="some content"/> What I get as an output is: <head xmlns="" profile="http://www.url.net"> [i.e. extra namespace] <br> [i.e. no solidus] <meta content="some content"> [i.e. no solidus] Anybody know why this happens or how to turn it off? It is the only thing stopping my files from validating. -dan -- Daniel Paul O'Donnell, PhD Associate Professor of English University of Lethbridge Lethbridge AB T1K 3M4 Tel. (403) 329-2377 Fax. (403) 382-7191 E-mail <daniel.odonnell(a)uleth.ca> Home Page <http://people.uleth.ca/~daniel.odonnell/> The Digital Medievalist Project: <http://www.digitalmedievalist.org/>

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[Fwd: Manuscript description]
by Lou Burnard 07 Dec '04

07 Dec '04

-------- Original Message -------- Subject: Manuscript description Date: Mon, 6 Dec 2004 12:46:55 +0100 From: M. J. Driscoll <mjd(a)hum.ku.dk> Reply-To: mjd(a)hum.ku.dk To: TEI-L(a)LISTSERV.BROWN.EDU The next version of the TEI Guidelines, P5, will contain a major new chapter on manuscript description. Although developed with the needs of manuscript scholars working in the European tradition, it is hoped that the scheme presented there is general enough so that it can also be extended to other kinds of materials and other traditions. The tagset documented in the chapter is based chiefly on that developed by MASTER (1999-2001), an EU-funded project headed by Peter Robinson, and the work of the TEI Medieval Manuscripts Description Work Group (1998-2000), headed by Consuelo Dutschke and Ambrogio Piazzoni. Although the work of these two groups proceeded in tandem (members of each attending the other's meetings and so on), and despite an avowed intention that a single set of recommendations should emerge from them, there were, in the end, substantial discrepancies between the two. In 2002 the TEI Council appointed a special task-force whose job was to review both sets of proposals and identify and document a common subset of those recommendations adequate to the needs of the TEI community, taking into account the actual experience of the many projects using MASTER as well as complementary work done in this area by other agencies, notably the Repertorium of Old Bulgarian Literature and Letters. The result, we believe, is not simply a "common subset" of the two schemes, but rather represents a significant improvement on both, which at the same time lays the foundation for future work. A draft of the chapter is now available for comment on the TEI website: http://www.tei-c.org.uk/Activities/MS/ Specific suggestions, corrections, enhancements (i.e. "feature requests") should be sent to http://tei.sourceforge.net/, while general comments can be posted to the TEI-L list or to the undersigned. We ask for volunteers interested in working on conversion of legacy data to the new format, and would be keen to receive examples which could be used in the chapter. Finally, although the major strength of the scheme we propose is that it offers the choice between loosely structured and highly structured data at every level, it is clear that there are still areas (chiefly specific aspects of physical bibliography) for which more richly structured content models need to be developed and we would therefore be keen to hear from people who might be interested in proposing such models. M. J. Driscoll Arnamagnaean Institute Copenhagen

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RE: [dm-l] Bandwidth?
by Cormack, Margaret Jean 07 Dec '04

07 Dec '04

What a wonderful device! Is your friend planning to make ig generally available? And will it deal with other than standard english letters (æ, þ, ð)? By the way, I´m new to the list. My own electronic project is a data base to analyze the distribution of saints' cults in iceland (and, hopefully, elswhere.) Comments are welcome on the site www.tasc.mpg.de/iceland Margaret Cormack Associate Prof. of Religious Studies College of Charleston ________________________________ From: dm-l-bounces(a)uleth.ca on behalf of Daniel O'Donnell Sent: mán. 6.12.2004 12:13 To: Digital Medievalist list Subject: [dm-l] Bandwidth? The Digital Medievalist List (see end of message for contact information and project URLs). ---------------------------------- Hello all, I am posting this query on behalf of a colleague who has built a neat little concordance maker: you drop text into it and almost immediately you get a kwic (Key Word in Context) concordance back. It did Beowulf in 5 seconds. Is there anyway of determining bandwidth used by a program such as this? He is worried about overusing his university's resources. -dan -- Daniel Paul O'Donnell, PhD Associate Professor of English University of Lethbridge Lethbridge AB T1K 3M4 Tel. (403) 329-2377 Fax. (403) 382-7191 E-mail <daniel.odonnell(a)uleth.ca> Home Page <http://people.uleth.ca/~daniel.odonnell/> The Digital Medievalist Project: <http://www.digitalmedievalist.org/> _______________________________________________ Digital Medievalist Project Homepage: http://www.digitalmedievalist.org Journal (December 2004-): http://www.digitalmedievalist.org/journal.cfm RSS (announcements) server: http://www.digitalmedievalist.org/rss/rss2.cfm Wiki: http://sql.uleth.ca/dmorgwiki/index.php Change membership options: http://listserv.uleth.ca/mailman/listinfo/dm-l Submit RSS announcement: http://www.digitalmedievalist.org/newitem.cfm Contact editorial Board: digitalmedievalist(a)uleth.ca dm-l mailing list dm-l(a)uleth.ca http://listserv.uleth.ca/mailman/listinfo/dm-l

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Bandwidth?
by Daniel O'Donnell 06 Dec '04

06 Dec '04

Hello all, I am posting this query on behalf of a colleague who has built a neat little concordance maker: you drop text into it and almost immediately you get a kwic (Key Word in Context) concordance back. It did Beowulf in 5 seconds. Is there anyway of determining bandwidth used by a program such as this? He is worried about overusing his university's resources. -dan -- Daniel Paul O'Donnell, PhD Associate Professor of English University of Lethbridge Lethbridge AB T1K 3M4 Tel. (403) 329-2377 Fax. (403) 382-7191 E-mail <daniel.odonnell(a)uleth.ca> Home Page <http://people.uleth.ca/~daniel.odonnell/> The Digital Medievalist Project: <http://www.digitalmedievalist.org/>

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DM News: cfp: Digital Medievalist Spring Conference Issue
by caedmon＠uleth.ca 05 Dec '04

05 Dec '04

A new article has been added to the news section at DigitalMedivalist.org -- cfp: Digital Medievalist Spring Conference Issue To view this article, please follow this link: http://www.digitalmedievalist.org/news.cfm?n_ID=38

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DM News: Late Antiquity Conference
by caedmon＠uleth.ca 05 Dec '04

05 Dec '04

A new article has been added to the news section at DigitalMedivalist.org -- Late Antiquity Conference To view this article, please follow this link: http://www.digitalmedievalist.org/news.cfm?n_ID=37

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Late Antiquity Conference
by RALPH MATHISEN 05 Dec '04

05 Dec '04

THE SOCIETY FOR LATE ANTIQUITY presents SHIFTING FRONTIERS IN LATE ANTIQUITY VI: "Romans, Barbarians, and the Transformation of the Roman World" The University of Illinois -- Urbana/Champaign 17-20 March 2005 Generously supported by the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences, the Medieval Studies Program, the Departments of History, Classics, and English, and the School of Art and Design at UIUC Web page: www.sc.edu/ltantsoc/sf6reg.htm The conference will take an interdisciplinary look at new ways of understanding interactions between Romans and barbarians and at the fate of the Roman world during the fourth through the seventh centuries AD. It will provide a forum for the discussion of the most up-to-date research and thought on the fate of the Roman world in the context of Roman and barbarian relations. As in the past, we will bring together scholars who represent different methodological, disciplinary, geographical, and chronological perspectives. Contributions will deal with topics related to (1) The creation/evolution of barbarian and/or Roman identity; (2) The nature of the interaction between the Roman and barbarian cultural worlds (e.g. language, literature, religion, material culture); (3) The interpretation of the evidence of both literature and material culture; (4) Issues of continuity/change with regard to social, political, and religious institutions; (5) the historiography of perceptions of Romans and barbarians and its significance for the modern world; and (6) Theoretical models that help to interpret the nature of barbarian-Roman interactions. SPECIAL EXHIBIT OF MEROVINGIAN ARTIFACTS In conjunction with the conference, the universitys Spurlock Museum will be mounting an exbibit of the museums extensive collection of Merovingian artifacts, one of the best such collections in the country. Several conference presentations will be devoted to discussion of the Merovingian collection. LOCAL ARRANGEMENTS The Conference sessions will be held in the Illini Union on the University of Illinois -- Urbana/Champaign . Sessions will run from mid afternoon on Thursday, March 17, thorough the morning of Sunday, March 20. All sessions will be plenary, and papers will be approximately 20 minutes each. There will be regular breaks, with refreshments, allowing ample time for discussion and personal interaction among the registrants. TRANSPORTATION Champaign/Urbana (also known as Chambana or Shampoo/Banana) is easily accessible by plane, train, or car. Those coming by air will arrive in Urbana/Champaign at Willard Airport (CMI), which is served by Delta, United, and Northwest Airlines. Shuttle service from the airport will be available for registrants who make known their arrival and departure times. For those looking for budget flights, there are a many airports within about 130 miles, including Chicago (OHare and Midway), Indianapolis, Bloomington (IL), Springfield, and Peoria for those flying into any of these, it might prove more convenient to rent a car at the airport. By land, Champaign/Urbana is easily accessible by I-57 from Chicago and St. Louis, I-74 from Indianapolis, and I-72 from Springfield. The Amtrak City of New Orleans train delivers passengers from the north (Chicago) and south (Memphis) and stops in downtown Champaign. ACCOMMODATIONS A block of rooms has been reserved at the Hampton Inn, 1200 West University Avenue, Urbana, IL 61801, Phone: (217) 337-1100 (voice) Fax: (217) 337-1143, at a special conference rate of $65 per night for a single and $70 for a double. This is a very good rate! Reservations must be made by March 1, 2005. When booking rooms, be sure to mention either Shifting Frontiers or Code SFC. The Hampton Inn is a short 5-block walk from the Illini Union, where most of the sessions will be held. Additional guest rooms are available in the Illini Union itself, with rates ranging from $75 for a single to $100 for a four-person room (which works out to $25 each!). Reservations may be made at iuguestrooms(a)uiuc.edu, and information may be consulted at http://www.union.uiuc.edu/services/guestrooms/rates.html..Those who would like to arrange shared rooms should contact the organizers who will put you in touch with like-minded persons. Parking is available at both the Hampton and the Union for guests who have rooms. REGISTRATION Registration for the Conference is $100 ($50 for students), and will include the abstract booklet, two continental breakfasts, a lunch, the Sunday morning farewell brunch, five refreshment breaks, two evening receptions with hors doeuvres, and a Saturday evening dinner dance [This is a real bargain! How many other conferences does one attend where all one gets for $100 is a nametag?]. Students also may register at a reduced rate of $20 to attend the sessions only. Seating space is be limited, so registration as early as possible is encouraged. FURTHER INFORMATION For further information, please contact Ralph Mathisen at ralphwm(a)uiuc.edu (Department of History, Univ. of Illinois B Urbana/ Champaign, Urbana, IL 61801, USA: 217-244-5249) or Danuta Shanzer, shanzer(a)uiuc.edu (Department of Classics, Univ. of Illinois B Urbana/ Champaign, Urbana, IL 61801, USA: 217-333-1009). ROSTER OF PRESENTATIONS Edward Watts (Indiana Univ.) "Pope Leo the Antichrist and the Fall of the Western Roman Empire" Mary Williams (San Mateo) "Polybius and Ammianus on Barbarians" Cristiana Sogno (Cornell University) "Barbarians as Spectacle: An Interpretation of Symm. Or. 2.10-12" Jason Moralee (Illinois Wesleyan Univ.) "'The Barbarous-Sounding Enemy': Commemorating the Defeat of Barbarians in a Recently Discovered Epigram from Late Roman Petra" Yuval Shahar (Tel Aviv University (Israel)) "Unifying or dividing the barbarians? Diocletian, the Jews and the Samaritans" Andrew W. White (Univ. of Maryland--College Park) "Proper Care and Feeding of the Wild Mime: A Study in Domestication from Late Antiquity" Jeremy Schott (Duke Univ.) "Porphyry's Allegorical Interpretations of Barbarian Religion and Philosophy and the Construction of Identity in the Later Roman Empire" Elizabeth Digeser (Univ. of California-Santa Barbara) "Hellenes, Barbarians, and Christians: Religion and Identity Politics in Diocletian's Rome" Young Kim (Univ. of Michigan) "A Theological and Historical Definition of Barbarism in the Panarion of Epiphanius of Cyprus" Moshe Fischer (Tel Aviv. Univ.) "Assimilation, Acculturation, Barbarization: The Corinthian Capital in the Eastern Mediterranean as an Example" Johanna K. Sandrock (LSU) "Cernunnos ego sum: The Myth of Actaeon on Provincial Roman Funerary Reliefs" Katharine C. Hunvald (Univ. of Missouri--Columbia) "Breaching a Seventh-century Artistic Frontier: The Warnebertus Reliquary" Scott de Brestian (Univ. of Missouri-Columbia ) "Vascones and Visigoths: Creation and Transformation of Identity in Northern Spain" Linda Ellis (San Francisco State Univ.) "To Be or Not To Be Roman: Geographic Approaches to Analyzing Human Relatedness in the Lower Danube Region (2nd-7th Centuries)" Michael Jones (Bates College) "Text, Artifact and Genome: The Disputed Nature of the Anglo-Saxon Migration into Britain" Greg Fisher (McGill Univ. (Canada)) "The Transformation of romanitas: Creating a New Identity for Post-Roman Britain" David Klingle (FSU) "Romano-British vs. Anglo-Saxon Identity in England: The Evidence of Burials" Gillian Clark (Univ. of Bristol (England)) "Augustine and the Merciful Barbarians" Kevin Uhalde (Ohio Univ.) "Barbarian Traffic, Demon Oaths, and Christian Scruples: Aug. Ep. 46-47" David Riggs (Indiana Wesleyan Univ.) "Vandal Contributions to the Christianization of North Africa" Salim Faraji (Claremont Graduate University) "Rome and Kush: Cultural Encounter on the Egyptian Southern Frontier" Scott John McDonough (UCLA) "Were the Sasanians Barbarians? Roman Writers on the 'Empire of the Persians'" Jan Willem Drijvers (Univ. of Groningen (Netherlands)) "Rome's Image of the 'Barbarian' Sassanians" Kimberly Kagan (Yale Univ.) "Spies Like Us: Treason and Identity in the Later Roman Empire" Michele Renee Salzman (Univ. of California--Riverside) "Symmachus and the 'Barbarian' Generals" Edward James (University College, Dublin (Ireland)) "Rex Francorum, Rex Romanorum Revisited" Steve Fanning (Univ. of Illinois--Chicago) "Reguli in the Later Roman Empire and the Germanic Kingdoms" Amelia Robertson Brown (Univ. of California-- Berkeley) "The Overthrow of the Temples and the Ruin of the Whole of Greece: Rhetoric and Archaeology in Barbarian Invasions of Late Roman Greece" David T. Fletcher (Indiana Univ.) "Constantine III and the Barbarian Invasion of Gaul" Walter Goffart (Yale Univ.) "The Three Meanings of 'Migration Age'" Ekaterina Nechaeva (Univ. of Sienna (Italy)) "The Problem of Deserters in Roman-Barbarian Diplomatic Relations in Late Antique " Noel Lenski (Univ. of Colorado) "Slavery, Captivity, and Romano-Barbarian Interchange" Hartmut Ziche (Univ. of Antilles and Guyana) "Barbarian Raiders and Barbarian Peasants: Models of Ideological and Economic Integration" Cam Grey (Univ. of Chicago) "The ius colonatus as a model for the settlement of barbarian prisoners-of-war in the late Roman Empire?" Andreas Schwarcz (Univ. of Vienna) "Visigothic Settlement, Hospitalitas and Army Payment Reconsidered" Dmitry Starostin (Univ. of Toronto (Canada)) "Barbarians and/or Romans: Discourses of Justice in Merovingian Court Verdicts and Narrative Sources" Bailey Young (Eastern Illinois Univ.)/Patrick Périn (Directeur du Musée des Antiquités nationales, France), Plenary Lecture: "The Importance of Merovingian Archaeology" REGISTRATION FORM SHIFTING FRONTIERS IN LATE ANTIQUITY VI: "Romans, Barbarians, and the Transformation of the Roman World" The University of Illinois -- Urbana/Champaign 17-20 March 2005 Name:_________________________________________________________________ Affiliation/Place of Residence:_____________________________________________ Address: ___________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________ Phone: Office ___________________ Home _________________________ EMAIL ___________________ FAX _________________________ Arriving on _______________ airline at __________ (time) on __________ (date) Registration Fee The full registration fee of $100 includes the book of abstracts, continental breakfast, 5 refreshment breaks, 2 evening receptions, Saturday lunch, Sunday farewell brunch, and Saturday evening dinner/dance. Students may register for $50 for all events or $20 to attend sessions only. I wish to register for ____ persons and enclose $__________ Please make checks/money orders payable in U.S. dollars to: Late Antiquity Conference And mail to: Ralph W. Mathisen, Dept. of History, 309 Gregory Hall, University of Illinois, Urbana, IL 61800, USA

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